North Texas and Tulane face off in the American championship game for a likely spot in the College Football Playoff. Both schools are amid seasons that rank among the best in their respective programs’ histories, with the success already culminating in North Texas (11-1, 8-1 American) coach Eric Morris and Tulane (10-2, 8-1 American) coach Jon Sumrall leaving for better ...

James Madison enters the Sun Belt championship game with College Football Playoff aspirations on the line. However, to set up that possibility on Selection Sunday, the Dukes first will need to get past Troy, winners of two of the last three Sun Belt championships. The 19th-ranked Dukes (No. 25 in CFP rankings) and the Trojans are scheduled for a 7 ...

The 2025 FBS postseason kicks off Friday night, and Kennesaw State and Jacksonville State will meet in the Conference USA Championship game (7 p.m. kickoff) to help get this party started. Kennesaw State is one of the feel-good stories of the 2025 college football season. Behind first-year coach Jerry Mack, the Owls have already made a seven-win jump this season ...

Amid a conference championship weekend where College Football Playoff seeding is determined are fought over and Power Four conferences jockey for national supremacy, a gem of a game awaits in Boise, Idaho. Boise State (8-4) will host UNLV (10-2) in the Mountain West championship game in Albertsons Stadium. It’s the last opportunity for the Broncos — who will join the ...

It’s time for the United States to fall in line with the rest of the world and stop calling ‘football’ soccer, according to President Donald Trump. ‘When you look at what has happened to the sport, which we call soccer in the U.S., we never call it that because we have another conflict with a thing called football,’ Trump said ...

Inter Miami are on the brink of winning its biggest prize since Lionel Messi’s arrival in the summer of 2023. However, standing in the way of MLS Cup glory are the Vancouver Whitecaps. The 30th edition of MLS Cup — which will be played Saturday, Dec. 6 — features an intriguing matchup. Both teams feature star power, with Miami featuring ...

Former NBA center Elden Campbell died Monday from an accidental drowning after suffering a medical emergency while out fishing. Campbell was 57 years old. That official cause of death came from the Broward County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office and was reported by several media outlets. Campbell was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the 1990 NBA ...

Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy has returned to practice about three weeks after being hit in the face by a puck and said he knew he was ‘in trouble’ as soon as he was struck. McAvoy, who has been named to the U.S. Olympic team, took a slap shot off the face in a Nov. 15 game against the Montreal ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics are nearly two months away, and rosters are due at the end of the month. Team USA GM Bill Guerin will have some tough decisions to make by Dec. 31. The men’s national team fell a goal short of winning the 4 Nations Face-Off, so the chemistry and lessons learned from that tournament will factor into ...

The Los Angeles Lakers, on the second night of a back-to-back, will be deprived of their two biggest stars. Luka Dončić missed the team’s most recent game, a three-point victory over the Toronto Raptors Thursday, Dec. 4, because of personal reasons. Los Angeles won the Raptors game on a 3-point shot as time expired. During that play, LeBron James had ...